Blog: Latest Bama News 10/14/2012

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This is Where the football season never ends! Bama News first, and foremost,
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Notes: Slippery special team- TideSports

Solid all season previously, special teams play went from solid to spectacular to shoddy for the University of Alabama on Saturday in a 42-10 win over host Missouri.

 

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Revisiting three questions for top-ranked Alabama following its 42-10 win over Missouri.

TRips: Three questions revisited-Bmaonline

 

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Alabama coach Nick Saban was pleased but not necessarily ecstatic Saturday after a 42-10 victory over Missouri at Faurot Field. "We had good intensity, good sense of urgency, right mental energy," he said. "We have been a very good team, and this game was, in some ways, the epitome of that."
In this video, see and hear everything he had to say in his postgame press conference.

Alabama coach Nick Saban's press conference after a 42-10 victory at Missouri (video)-al.com

 

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Faurot Field certainly wasn’t the same place after a 38-minute lightning delay sent thousands of already-drenched Missouri fans home for good. Alabama wasn’t the same team, either.
With Alabama up 27-0 and playing arguably its best football of the season after a T.J. Yeldon 15-yard touchdown run with 8:40 to play in the second quarter, the field was cleared as the lightning that had flashed in the sky for hours finally came too close for comfort. The Crimson Tide returned to the field, knocked its extra point through the uprights and then promptly surrendered 10 unanswered points for the first time this season.

Nick Saban places blame on himself for Alabama's lethargic response to lightning delay-al.com

 

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This was the kind of historyDee Milliner didn’t want to see repeated. The junior cornerback stood on the sidelines during Saturday’s third quarter when quarterback AJ McCarrontried to duck away from a sack and spun awkwardly to the ground. The names of Jalston Fowler, Jarrick Williams, Dee Hart and DeAndrew White, all of whom are out for the season with knee injuries, flashed through Milliner’s head. “When he first went down, I was like, ‘oh man, we got another person that's down,’” Milliner recalled after the Crimson Tide’s 42-10 victory over Missouri. “I saw him grabbing his knee, and I was hoping it wasn't an ACL.”

Optimistic prognosis for AJ McCarron's twisted knee has Crimson Tide relieved-al.com

 

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Fast start, strong finish pleases Tide center Barrett Jones (video)-al.com

 

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PHOTOS: Tide rolls past Mizzou-Bamaonline

 

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Alabama coach Nick Saban expected the University of Alabama's defense to have some problems with Missouri's offense Saturday. The ...

Bama turns Mizzou offense on its head-TideSports

 

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Alabama did not play perfectly, by any stretch. After building a 28-0 lead, the Crimson Tide seemed to lose interest during the ...

HURT: Bama a force of nature, but not perfect- TideSports

 

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Eddie Lacy, T.J. Yeldon spark top-ranked Tide past Missouri with electrifying runs (game story)-al.com

 

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That white towel? The one AJ McCarron held in his hands as he stood by himself on the sideline with the final seconds of Alabama 42, Missouri 10 dripping away?
He wasn’t waving it. He was wearing it. There’s a difference....

As long as AJ McCarron keeps getting up, Alabama won't go down-al.com

 

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Loss of Alabama running back Dee Hart felt on special teams, Nick Saban says-al.com

 

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NEXT WEEK￾
Another week, another road trip for the No. 1 team in the nation to meet another overmatched opponent. If it’s the third Saturday in October, it must be Tennessee. It’ll be a Sunseri family reunion in Knoxville as youngest son Vinnie shows dad Sal’s UT defense how it’s done.

2-minute drill: Alabama 42, Missouri 10-al.com

 

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On three different plays, three different Crimson Tide football players showcased the athleticism found on the roster of the nation's No. 1-ranked team: Eddie Lacy hurdled a Missouri defender on an over-the-top touchdown plunge, Christion Jones did a 360-degree, end-over-end flip on a punt return and T.J. Yeldon went horizontal from nearly 5 yards out on a dive into the end zone for another score.
Alabama football coaches might see that sort of thing all the time, but the plays made an impression on UA track and field coach Dan Waters, who was watching on television. He saw skill sets that could be well utilized in his sport.

Tide breaks out eye-popping acrobatics-TideSports

 

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We’ve been looking for this, and it’s nice to see it’s available. Before Saturday, Alabama had visited Missouri only one other time, winning 38-20 in 1978.Here’s a video of highlights, taken from an old syndicated show done by former broadcaster Bill Fleming.

See what Tide safety Vinnie Sunseri had to say after 42-10 victory at Missouri (video)-al.com

 

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See what Tide LB Adrian Hubbard had to say after 42-10 victory at Missouri (video)-al.com

 

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Alabama Postgame Breakdown with Don Kausler and Andrew Gribble - MissouriAlabama beat reporters Don Kausler and Andrew Gribble break down the Crimson Tide's 42-10 victory over Missouri.

No. 1 Alabama 42, Missouri 10: Postgame breakdown (video)-al.com

 

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Lacy picked up nearly as many yards on that first run as he had all game against Ole Miss. The junior running back credits his mindset coming in. “I came in with a positive mindset,” he said. “I don’t try to think a certain way. The running backs, we haven’t had a big run in a long time, and I was able to do it today, but it was just because I was thinking positive.” Lacy finished with 18 carries for a career-high 176 yards and three touchdowns.

Tide RBs shine in win over Mizzou- TideN ation Espn

 

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Sprained knees hurt, and it took only one glance at AJ McCarron's face to see that. It was about 30 or 40 minutes after Alabama beat Missouri 42-10, and McCarron was making his way out of the locker room.

Commentary: Alabama QB McCarron shows guts fighting through injury-montgomeryadvertiser

 

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No. 1 Alabama 42, Missouri 10: Grading the Tide-al.com